Best French mystery series

In the Shadows (2024)

César Casalonga wins a France presidential election primary for his party. But that victory was rigged. Helped by Paul Francoeur and Marylin, before the press or his opponents find out, César Casalonga must disentangle the conspiracy.

Ouija, un été meurtrier (2024)

Provence, Summer 1982. French highscoolers and their german exhange students hold a spiritualism seance. Shortly afterwards, a series of tragic events befell the village. Could they have awakened an evil spirit? The youngsters embark on an investigation into the origins of the evil that has struck their families.

Marianne (2019)

When a novelist realizes her terrifying stories are coming true, she returns to her hometown to face the demons from her past that inspire her writing.

Vanished by the Lake (2015)

Homicide Detective Lise returns to her hometown for the first time since a local tragedy shattered her teens. Tragedy strikes again when a teenage girl vanishes under circumstances that mirror the disappearance of Lise's two best friends, Ana and Marion, fifteen years earlier: an unsolved case. Convinced there is a connection, Lise is determined to find the missing girl and answers to the past.

Unclaimed (2021)

Rivière-Perdue (2024)

Prométhée (2023)

Charles and Caroline Lasset find a naked amnesiac teen who only recalls her name. While in their care, she experiences visions of a murdered student and develops supernatural powers. As she seeks answers, her past remains a mystery.

The Reunion (2022)

The story opens in the present day, at a high school reunion in the south of France where three former friends reconnect. They grew apart and lost touch, but they are still bound by a tragic secret tied to the disappearance of a high school girl who went missing 25 years ago in the region.

Liars (2021)

Thomas Villeneuve is a renowned surgeon. Jeanne Sarlat, a young woman recently separated. He decides to invite her to dinner. The evening seems to be going wonderfully. However, in the early morning, Jeanne claims to have been raped. Thomas, surprised by the accusations, proclaims his innocence. Who is lying? Who tells the truth? A face to face is underway and no one seems ready to give up.

Carpe Diem (2025)

Visions (2022)

A girl has gone missing from a party in the Provence (South of France). Her nephew sees dead people in his surroundings they give him visions. With a teacher and her man a police inspector they try to solve the missing and deaths.

Citoyens clandestins (2024)

Amour fou (2020)

Rebecca and Romain are finding it very difficult to become parents. So when Mickaël, Romain's brother, moves in just opposite and announces that he's about to become a father, the tension rises. Particularly as he appears to abuse his partner, who then disappears following an argument.

Brigade anonyme (2024)

Prison Island (2023)

A peaceful island turns into a prison, when a group of armed activists take the whole population of the quaint, isolated place off the coast of Brittany hostage one morning. They are highly organized – yet their motives remain a secret. Who are they? What do they want? Who can stop them? There’s only one thing Alpha, their leader, hasn’t taken into account: Five passengers of the shuttle that links the island to the mainland manage to escape and hide. As the islanders face this extraordinary, deadly situation, secrets surface, sources of conflict. But who among them will become a hero, a coward, or a traitor? Who is the stranger who returned after ten years of absence? Will Chris, Dorian, Kelly, Mado, Alex, and the others succeed in thwarting Operation Ocean Storm? Will Candice find the love of her life? And are the goals of the activists really as bad as their actions make it seem?

Homejacking (2024)

In a secluded forest, a bourgeois couple's architectural home is invaded by a hooded assailant who violently sequesters them. His true motives remain unknown - theft, assault or something entirely unexpected.

Time Is a Killer (2019)

A gripping psychological thriller told over two eras about a woman who must delve into her past to get to the heart of a dangerous mystery that has fragmented her life.

Spirit of Winter (2022)

At Christmas, Nathalie is haunted by an ominous premonition about Alice, adopted 14 years earlier. While her husband and in-laws are present, a closed-door situation develops in which her daughter's behavior changes abruptly.

Tout pour Agnès (2023)

Les Pennac(s) (2024)

Girlsquad (2021)

Un avion sans elle (2019)

Olivia (2019)

Aurore (2018)

Two children at a crime scene. One is guilty; the other, a witness. 25 years later, one is trying to forget, while the second one will never be able to.

Zodiac (2004)

In the Marseille region, a woman returns home for her father's birthday, only to be swept into a chilling investigation. As a string of seemingly random murders unfolds, Esther races against time to uncover the truth behind the elusive Zodiac killer.

An Ordinary Man (2020)

Anaon (2025)

After his wife's death, Max investigates a teen's disappearance. His daughter faces strange events hinting at supernatural forces tied to ancestral myths and her own powers. They must reunite to unravel the mystery.

Disturbing Disappearances (2019)

A school excursion to Strasbourg Cathedral turns into a tragedy when a teacher is murdered in the cathedral square and nine children disappear.

Ordre du Temple solaire : L'enquête impossible (2022)

Out 1 (1971)

Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.